def start_threads_for_letter(startLetter): outFn = "voters_"+str(startLetter)+".txt" outFile = open(outFn, 'w') print("Getting records starting with " + startLetter) scp = Scraper(conf.sessionHeaders, conf.searchHeaders) scp.setup_session([conf.baseUrl, conf.rollSearchUrl]) url = conf.searchUrl params = conf.searchParams params['electorName'] = startLetter scp.get_and_write_records(url, 0, params, outFile)